Everyday Resistance French Activism in the 21st Century

This book studies those who, in various domains of life, are resisting the increasingly harsh day-to-day pressures of “late capitalism,” centering mainly on French examples. Far from the global euphoria of the sixties and seventies, everyday people are tr

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Everyday Resistance

Bruno Frère  •  Marc Jacquemain Editors

Everyday Resistance French Activism in the 21st Century

Editors Bruno Frère FNRS, Faculty of Social Sciences University of Liège Liège, Belgium

Marc Jacquemain Faculty of Social Sciences University of Liège Liège, Belgium

Based on a translation from the French language edition: Résister au quotidien ? by Bruno Frère and Marc Jacquemain Copyright © PRESSES DE LA FONDATION NATIONALE DES SCIENCES POLITIQUES 2013 All Rights Reserved. Translation by Josh Booth. ISBN 978-3-030-18986-0    ISBN 978-3-030-18987-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18987-7 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Contents

1 Introduction: Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom?  1 Marc Jacquemain and Bruno Frère 2 Undocumented Families and Political Communities: Parents Fighting Deportations 21 Damien de Blic and Claudette Lafaye 3 From Indicting the Law to Conquering Rights: A Case-­ Study of Gay Movements in Switzerland, Spain and Belgium 45 Marta Roca i Escoda 4 Fighting for Poor People’s Rights in the French Welfare State 75 Frédéric Viguier 5 The Plural Logics of Anti-Capitalist Economic Movements 97 Éric Dacheux 6 The Free Software Community: A Contemporary Space for Reconfiguring Struggles?117 Gaël Depoorter

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7 Associations for the Preservation of Small-­Scale Farming and Related Organisations145 Fabrice Ripoll 8 Ordinary Resistance to Masculine Domination in a Civil Disobedience Movement175 Manuel Cervera-Marzal and Bruno Frère 9 A Zone to Defend: The Utopia